Echo Park
“Can a stripper, a pizza-man and a bodybuilder find happiness in L.A.?”
In the Echo Park neighborhood of Los Angeles, everybody is somebody else. May, a single mother who delivers strip-O-grams, dreams of being an actress. She rents one of her rooms out to a pizza-man cum songwriter named Jonathan. Meanwhile, in the next apartment, August, an Austrian bodybuilder, fancies himself the next Arnold Schwarzenegger. As the pressures of everyday life in LA mount, Jonathan and August vie for May's love.
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Cast
43 people
Susan Dey
May
Known for
L.A. Law
Looker
Tom Hulce
Jonathan
Known for
The Hunchback of Notre Dame
Amadeus
Michael Bowen
August
Known for
Breaking Bad
Kill Bill: Vol. 1
Christopher Walker
Henry
Shirley Jo Finney
Gloria
Also in
Wilma
Hey Good Lookin'
Heinrich Schweiger
August's Father
Also in
The Adventures of the Good Soldier Schwejk
Der Bockerer III - Die Brücke von Andau
Cheech Marin
Syd
Known for
Cars
The Lion King
John Paragon
Hugo
Known for
Pee-wee's Playhouse
Honey, I Blew Up the Kid
Cassandra Peterson
Sheri
Known for
Elvira: Mistress of the Dark
Scooby-Doo! Return to Zombie Island
Timothy Carey
Vinnie
Known for
The Killing of a Chinese Bookie
Paths of Glory
Martin Suppan
Austrian Consul
Also in
The World Machine
Robert R. Shafer
Commercial Director
Known for
The Office
Zombeavers
Robert Dornhelm Director · Michael Ventura Screenplay David Ricketts Composer
Worldwide gross $700K · United States release July 25, 1986 · Produced in Austria, United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$700,000
Production
Sascha-Verleih
Production
Wien-Film
Production
Austria · United States
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Belgium · March 15, 1985
Premiere · Brussels (International Film Festival)
United States · July 25, 1986
Theatrical
Austria
November 5, 1985 · Theatrical
Italy
September 4, 1985 · Premiere · Venice ("Venezia Giovanni")
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